Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.
Flight timing & delays
Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.
Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.
US domestic sectors recorded by BTS
Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay12:00–13:007.0min · 431 recorded · 431 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour6.5min12:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights2,150DSM–LAS
Departure hour
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
13.56.80.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4312160
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Departure hour
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
00:00
No observations
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01:00
No observations
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—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
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—
—
04:00
No observations
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—
—
05:00
No observations
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—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
21
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
77
77
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
69
70
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
82
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
200
11:00
79.1%
9.0 min
311
312
12:00
81.2%
7.0 min
431
431
13:00
70.1%
13.5 min
231
232
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
156
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
181
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
149
149
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
139
140
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
23
24
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
29
29
23:00
No observations
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Day of week
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
20.110.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3761880
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
72.9%
14.7 min
372
372
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
194
Wednesday
86.1%
3.4 min
258
262
Thursday
74.5%
20.1 min
365
368
Friday
79.3%
13.8 min
372
372
Saturday
83.5%
7.2 min
206
206
Sunday
73.7%
16.3 min
373
376
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
24.112.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2181090
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
196
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
178
Mar
75.5%
10.1 min
212
218
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
196
Jun
81.9%
5.3 min
204
206
Jul
77.0%
24.1 min
213
214
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
100
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
94
94
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
168
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
188
Dec
74.2%
22.4 min
205
206
Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.
Recorded outcomes
On time77.1%1,658
Delayed >15 min22.4%482
Cancelled0.5%10
Missing departure time0.0%0
All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.
On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.
Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.